Dove Creek, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Elberton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30635. It stands on Little Dove Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elberton West quadrangle.
On record in Dove Creek
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Dove Creek Baptist Churchlisted 1987 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1893 USGS Elberton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elberton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Elberton West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
240 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Dove Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 459 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 18 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 125 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 18 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 9.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-ELBERT-005 |
| 28 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-ELBERT-006 |
| 27 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Dove Creek: 10 producers, 4 past producers, 1 prospect. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs. Clem Kelley Prospect | Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| Plantation Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Turner Sand Operations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Childs Brothers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Old Harper Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Highpoint Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Keystone Blue Quarry Keystone Gr | Granite | Producer | ||
| New Blue Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Peerless Extra Blue Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Pyramid Quarry | Granite | Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oglesby | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Ethridge | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Nickville | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Elberton | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Goss | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Silk Mills | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| North Elberton | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Dewy Rose | 6.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 355536. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.





